Pakistani food? Can I vent? Try Pizza or Pizza or..Pizza

[Maine Mary]

We don't have many choices here...

A Maine "Italian" is a cold ham sandwich w/oil, cheese, and a bunch of veggies. A "Hoagie" (up here) is a HOT ham and cheese sandwich w/mayo (and bacon if you ask for it). I grew up in NJ and was dumbfounded by these food creations, but I was not at all prepared for the pizzas (my favorite food btw) In the 70's most convenience stores with a Pizza sign outside made them (the pizzas)on what they called "fresh dough" It was crap.

I remember my father ordering 2 of them for all 6 of us. My sisters and I waited on a Gazebo in Athens Maine. Then my father walked out with these 2 little things and he was clearly pissed. The pizzas were made on pre-made 9 inches pie thingys. And that's all you could get for pizza anywhere in the area.

Long, boring story short, on the 'pizza front' things have improved. Place after place started using real dough. It's ok but I can't wait to go visit my sister in NJ for a real one.

But what really bums me out...the closest (good) Mexican is 52 miles away, There is a Thai place 48 miles away, a French Rest. 120 miles away, a number of Seafood and "family" places as well. That's about it. Otherwise it's pizzas and sandwiches.

Maine is a good place to loose weight (If you can handle the winters). Come visit us! :-)

[Starbucks Anarchist]

1. To be fair, you are in Maine.

I can't imagine a lot of Pakistanis hang out there.

[Robeson]

2. Maine? Is that, like, close to Siberia?....

....:hi:

[rasputin1952]

3. LOL...you think you have it 'bad', try Nebraska...

all beef/pork and occasionally chicken in these parts...Pizza...I long for the East Coast when it comes to food especially anything w/an ethnic flavor. The closest we come to ethnic food is Mexican, and most of that is pretty blase'.

"Seafood" out here is catfish...
and the notion that there is any type of cheese besides yellow cheddar is almost heresy.

Sometime this winter I hope to get back East to visit family...and I am ready!!!!!

[baldguy]

4. Ever watch them make the pizza at Pizza Hut?

that wonderful golden brown color on the crust is sprayed on. You should be thankful that it real food.

[crispini]

5. Sounds like it's time to learn to cook.

You can order a lot of the specialty spices and whatnots for various ethnic foods over the internets. I bought a couple of cookbooks and regularly make Thai and Indian stuff at home. It's my new hobby! :)

[Metta]

6. Sounds like rural areas in PA. Fried fish sandwiches rule. :~

A culinary bummer, to quote Guy Clark.

[tjdee]

7. I have been crying about lack of Indian food for about a year.

I moved from an area that had Indian, Mexican, (real) Italian, etc. etc. etc. within 10 minutes of me to a place that has about 50 "Italian" places (they all apparently think that stromboli is calzone) and 2 Chinese places.

I could learn to cook it, but really, my cooking it wouldn't taste as good. Though, I was actually in the one aisle (in the entire area I've found so far) with the curry sauces and such...might take the plunge.

At least I still live in NJ. I think. :scared:

[GalleryGod]

8. Especially the Pizza and Hoagies from "Chambersberg" right, MM?

My Dad's family all hails from the 'Berg....well most of them are in the cemeteries up there, now....but, oh, boy...the Italian delicacies !O8)